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Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900.

Previously they had been parishes governed by vestries. Hackney and Stoke Newington had been united as the Hackney District of the Metropolis from 1855 to 1894.

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Hackney Council

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Hackney Mortuary

Mortuary Buildings erected by the Hackney District Board of Works, Anno Domin...

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Hackney Council

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Abney House

Oops! The plaque has 'Issac' rather than the more common 'Isaac' and we can't...

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Alexander Parkes and Parkesine

First plastic in the world, known as 'parkesine', invented by Alexander Parke...

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Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Anna Laetitia Barbauld, 1743 - 1825, poet and writer, lived in this house fro...

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Anthony Newley

Anthony Newley, 1931 - 1999, entertainer, was a pupil at this school and live...

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Beck and Runtz fountain

MDFCTA confirms that this fountain is of a unique design but we can find no r...

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Col. F. Sheffield

Col. F. Sheffield

Chairman  of the Bridges Committee of the London County Council in 1902.

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Alfred F. Barnard

Alfred F. Barnard

Mayor of Bethnal Green 1908 - 1909.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir Robert Peel, PM

Sir Robert Peel, PM

MP and Prime Minister in the 1830s and 40s. Reorganised the London police force and hence gave rise to the expressions "Peelers" and "Bobbies" for the police. He based the new structure on that of ...

Person, Politics & Administration

6 memorials
John Towers

John Towers

Co-Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers in 1724.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Sir W Alan Gillett, TD DL,

Sir W Alan Gillett, TD DL,

Chairman of The Solicitors Law Stationery Society Ltd. In 1951.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray

Poet.  Born Cornhill.  Wrote ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ and the lesser-known ‘Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes’ about Horace Walpole's cat. Died Cam...

Person, Poetry

2 memorials
All Saints Cemetery

All Saints Cemetery

Now known as Nunhead cemetery, it was one of the so-called 'magnificent seven' cemeteries, opened on the outskirts of London in the nineteenth century, to alleviate the overcrowding in parish buria...

Place, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Lydia Becker

Lydia Becker

President of NUWSS prior to Millicent Fawcett and campaigned for voting rights of unmarried women and widows. Also an amateur scientist with interests in biology and astronomy. Best remembered for ...

Person, Gender Issues, Journalism / Publishing, Science

1 memorial
Hackney parish watch house

Hackney parish watch house

A watch house was an early form of police station and prison. Criminals were held here temporarily.

Place, Law

1 memorial
James Mill

James Mill

Political philosopher. Born at Northwater Bridge, Logie Pert, Forfarshire, Scotland. He was a founder of classical economics with David Ricardo. His 'History of British India' contains a complete d...

Person, Philosophy, Scotland

1 memorial